Biographical Sketch:
Researcher at ITM-CNR since december 2018. He graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology (University of Calabria, 2007) and obtained PhD in Physical, Chemical and Materials Sciences and Technologies (University of Calabria-CNR, 2017). He received an honorable mention within the “Young Investigator Award 2018” for his research in the area of green chemistry. Since 2007, He participated in national and international research projects. Co-author of several scientific papers published in international journals and entries in “Encyclopedia of Membranes”.
- Production of microparticles by membrane emulsifica.
- Production of nanoparticles by membrane-assisted nanoprecipitation.
- Integrated membrane operations for wastewater treatment and recovery of high-added-value compounds.
- Encapsulation of bioactive compounds.
- Preparation of nanostructured and nanocomposite membranes for gas and vapour separation.
Select Publications:
- E. Piacentini, R. Mazzei, F. Bazzarelli, G. Ranieri, T. Poerio, L. Giorno, Oleuropein aglycone production and formulation by integrated membrane process. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58 (2019) 16813-16822. Doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03210
- W. Djamai, R. Mazzei, F. Bazzarelli, B. Dahmani, L. Giorno, Membrane‐assisted biorefinery of microalgae to obtain enriched fractions of bioderived molecules. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 13 (2019) 878-888. Doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2006
- G. Ranieri, R. Mazzei, T. Poerio, F. Bazzarelli, W. Zhentao, L. Kang, L. Giorno, Biorefinery of olive leaves to produce dry oleuropein aglycone: use of homemade ceramic capillary biocatalytic membranes in a multiphase system. Chemical Engineering Science, 185 (2018) 149-156. Doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.053
- F. Bazzarelli, E., Piacentini L. Giorno, Biophenols-loaded solid lipid particles (SLPs) development by membrane emulsification, Journal of Membrane Science, 541 (2017) 587-594. Doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.07.029.
- P. Bernardo, F. Bazzarelli, F. Tasselli, G. Clarizia, C.R. Mason, L. Maynard-Atem, P.M. Budd, M. Lan, K. Pilnacek, O. Vopicka, K. Friess, D. Fritsch, Y.P. Yampolskii, V. Shantarovich, J.C. Jansen, Effect of physical aging on the gas transport and sorption in PIM-1 membranes. Polymer, 113 (2017) 283-294. Doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.08.054
- E. Piacentini, T. Poerio, F. Bazzarelli, L. Giorno, Microencapsulation by Membrane Emulsification of Biophenols Recovered from Olive Mill Wastewaters. Membranes, 6 (2016) 25. Doi.org/10.3390/membranes6020025
- F. Bazzarelli, E. Piacentini, T. Poerio, R. Mazzei, A. Cassano, L. Giorno, Advances in membrane operations for water purification and biophenols recovery/valorization from OMWWs. Journal of Membrane Science, 497 (2016) 402-409. Doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.09.049.
- F. Bazzarelli, T. Poerio, R. Mazzei, N. D’Agostino, L. Giorno, Study of OMWWs suspended solids destabilization to improve membrane processes performance. Separation and Purification Technology, 149 (2015) 183-189. Doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2015.05.040
- M. Carta, R. Malpass-Evans, M. Croad, Y. Rogan, J.C. Jansen, P. Bernardo, F. Bazzarelli, N.B. McKeown, An Efficient Polymer Molecular Sieve for Membrane Gas Separations. Science, 339 (2013) 303-307. Doi.org/10.1126/science.1228032.
- F. Bazzarelli, P. Bernardo, F. Tasselli, G. Clarizia, V. G. Dzyubenko, P. Vdovin, J. C. Jansen, Multilayer composite SBS membranes for pervaporation and gas separation. Separation and purification technology, 80 (2011) 635-642. Doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2011.06.025.












